List of composers influenced by the Holocaust

This is a list of composers who have written music about the Holocaust, or who were directly influenced by the holocaust. This list is alphabetical by name.

Directory A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

Krzysztof Penderecki's Dies Irae (also known as the "Auschwitz Oratorio") is a well known work written in memory of the Holocaust.

• Chava Alberstein
• David Amram (1930– )[1][2]

B

• Dawid Beigelman (1887–1945)
• Karel Berman[3]
• David Botwinik (1920-)

C

• John Cage (1912–1992)[4]

E

• Hanns Eisler (1898–1962)[5]

F

• Grigory Frid (1915–2012)
• Erich Frost[6]

G

• Mordechai Gebirtig (1877–1942)[7][8]
• Sylvia Glickman (1932–2006)[9]
• Hirsh Glik
• Osvaldo Golijov (1960– )[10]
• Henryk Górecki (1933–2010 )[11][12]
• Olivier Greif (1950–2000)

H

• Pavel Haas (1899–1944)[13]
• Michael Horvit[3]
• William B. Hoskins (1917–1997)[14]

J

• Wilfred Josephs[3]

K

• Shmerke Kaczerginski[15]
• Peysakh Kaplan [16]
• Ståle Kleiberg (1958– )
• Gideon Klein (1919–1945)[17]
• Wally Kleucker (1947– )[18]
• Douglas Knehans (1957– )[19]
• Józef Koffler
• Max Kowalski (1882–1956)
• Hans Krása (1899–1944)[20]
• Jozef Kropinski[21]
• Meyer Kupferman (1926–2003)

L

• Szymon Laks [22]
• Aron Liebeskind[23]
• Ruth Lomon [24]

M

• Mesias Maiguashca ( –1938) [25]
• Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)[26]
• Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)
• Oskar Morawetz[3]

N

• Lior Navok
• Şerban Nichifor[27][28]
• Luigi Nono[29]

O

Arnold Schoenberg's A Survivor from Warsaw depicts the story of a survivor from Warsaw's ghetto during the Second World War.

• Tera de Marez Oyens[3]

P

• Thomas Pasatieri ( –1945)[30]
• Krzysztof Penderecki (1933–2020)[3][31]
• Dmitri Pokrass
• Yehuda Poliker
• Marta Ptaszynska[32]

R

• Shulamit Ran[33]
• Steve Reich[3]

S

• Salem, band
• Simon Sargon[3]
• Arnold Schoenberg[3]
• Erwin Schulhoff[34]
• William Schuman[3]

The Polish composer Władysław Szpilman survived the Holocaust. The film The Pianist is based on his life.

• Ronald Senator
• Dmitri Shostakovich[3]
• Leo Smit[35]
• Ben Steinberg[3]
• Karlheinz Stockhausen[36]
• Karel Svenk[37]
• Władysław Szpilman[38]

T

• Carlo Taube[39]
• Sir Michael Tippett [40]
• Mikis Theodorakis
• Marcel Tyberg

U

• Viktor Ullmann[41]

W

• Ilse Weber[42]
• Mieczysław Weinberg [43]
• László Weiner (1916–1944)
• Lazar Weiner

Z

• Herbert Zipper[44][45]
• John Zorn
• Krystyna Zywulska[46]

See also

• The Holocaust in art and literature

References

1. The Final Ingredient The New York Times, Monday, April 12, 1965 (Retrieved on 7 December 2007)
2. Timeless music (a review of The Final Ingredient: An Opera of the Holocaust in One Act.) The Chronicle (Kansas City, Kansas), March, 1997 (Retrieved on 7 December 2007)
3. Music in response to the Holocaust (Retrieve July 7, 2007)
4. In the Name of the Holocaust (1942)
5. Hanns Eisler Archived 2013-08-23 at the Wayback Machine Hanns Eisler Project (Retrieved July 16, 2007)
6. Stand Fast (Fest steht) Archived 2007-06-07 at the Wayback Machine United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Music of the Holocaust: Highlights from the Collection (Retrieved on 30 July 2007)
7. Mordechai Gebirtig His Poetic and Musical Legacy by Gertrude Schneider. Praeger Publishers ISBN 0-275-96657-7
8. Our Town Is Burning Archived 2009-07-27 at the Wayback Machine United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Music of the Holocaust: Highlights from the Collection (Retrieved on 30 July 2007)
9. The Walls Are Quiet Now Albany Records (2001)
10. Holocaust - A Music Memorial Film from Auschwitz Golijov homepage (Retrieved on 16 July 2007)
11. Kertesz, Imre. "Górecki's Symphony no.3, 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine". Le Chercheur de traces. Retrieved on 16 July 2007.
12. Han-Leon, Chia. "Symphony No.3, op.36 (1976) Archived 2007-06-11 at the Wayback Machine". The Flying Inkpot, 09 December 1999. Retrieved on 16 July 2007.
13. Pavel HAAS - Czech Composer Archived 2007-04-14 at the Wayback Machine Czech Music Information Centre (Retrieve July 17, 2007)
14. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) American composer, pacifist, conscientious objector in World War II, wrote 8-movement Requiem for the Six Million in 1960s. Performed by chorus from local synagogue and Unitarian congregation with brass, percussion, organ and piano, Jacksonville, Florida USA, 1965. Text by Charles White McGehee, Unitarian minister.
15. Friling – Spring by Shmerke Kaczerginski in an online exhibition by Yad Vashem
16. Rivkele di shabesdike Archived 2007-12-26 at the Wayback Machine Music during the Holocaust (Retrieved 28 October 2007)
17. Gideon Klein - Czech Composer Archived 2005-04-03 at the Wayback Machine Czech Music Information Centre (Retrieved July 17, 2007)
18. Wally Kleucker - American Composer In Remembrance of the Holocaust Victims for mixed chorus and organ
19. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2008-06-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Oregon Literary Review
20. Hans Krasa - Czech Composer Archived 2007-10-06 at the Wayback Machine Czech Music Information Centre (Retrieved Juli 17, 2007)
21. Jozef Kropinski Music during the Holocaust (Retrieved 28 October 2007)
22. Szymon Laks Music during the Holocaust (Retrieved 28 October 2007)
23. Aron Liebeskind Archived 2007-12-26 at the Wayback Machine Music during the Holocaust (Retrieved 28 October 2007)
24. SONGS OF REMEMBRANCE (1996) Song cycle on poems of the Holocaust; soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass-baritone, piano, oboe and oboe d'amore. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-08-08. Retrieved 2007-08-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Oratorio: Testimony of Witnesses "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-08-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
25. Die Feinde (opera) Spanish Wikipedia
26. Rischin, Rebecca (2003). For the end of time : the story of the Messiaen quartet. Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-4136-6.
27. Holocaust Survivors and Remembrance Project. Serban Nichifor
28. Shoah Music by Serban Nichifor
29. /INART55/pastpapers/ricorda.pdf Luigi Nono's "Ricorda cosa ti hanno fatto ad Auschwitz" Penn State School of Music (Retrieved 8 July 2008)
30. Letter to Warsaw Thomas Pasatieri homepage (Retrieve July 17, 2007)
31. Soli, Choir and Ensemble or Orchestra works Archived 2007-05-01 at the Wayback Machine Penderecki homepagem (Retrieve May 24, 2007)
32. Holocaust Memorial Cantata (1992) Archived 2007-06-21 at the Wayback Machine
33. The Muse that Sings: Composers Speak about the Creative Process by Ann McCutchan (1999) ISBN 0-19-512707-2
34. Erwin Schulhoff Archived 2006-08-22 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieve July 7, 2007)
35. Biography Leo Smit Archived 2007-07-05 at Archive.today (Retrieved 29 October 2007)
36. Stockhausen: A Biography by Kurtz, Michael. 1992, translated by Richard Toop. London and Boston: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-14323-7
37. Karel Svenk Classical Composers (S) (Retrieved 28 January 2008)
38. The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–1945 by Władysław Szpilman, Foreword Andrzej Szpilman (2002) ISBN 0-312-31135-4
39. "Ein Judische Kind" Music of Remembrance (Retrieved 28 October 2007)
40. A Child of Our Time. Archived 2007-09-11 at the Wayback Machine Michael Tippett's web site (Retrieve July 15, 2007)
41. Biography Archived 2005-09-21 at the Wayback Machine Viktor Ullmann Foundation (Retrieved July 15, 2007)
42. "I Wander Through Theresienstadt" Music of Remembrance (Retrieved 28 October 2007)
43. Recovering a Holocaust Opera Alex Ross review of 'The Passenger' (Retrieved 14 August 2013)
44. Dachau Lied Archived 2011-10-29 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieve July 7, 2007)
45. Herbert Zipper Music during the Holocaust (Retrieved 28 October 2007)
46. Krystyna Zywulska Music during the Holocaust (Retrieved 28 October 2007)

External links

• Heartstrings: Music of the Holocaust, an online exhibition by Yad Vashem